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He pointed out that the CT scan machine at the Super Speciality Hospital has been lying defunct for nearly one and a half years, while CT scan facilities at SMGS and Chest Diseases Hospital have also remained non-functional for over a year. The MRI machine at GMC Jammu is also not operational, forcing patients, especially the poor and middle class, to seek expensive diagnostic tests from private centres. Raman Suri said that despite repeated complaints by patients and attendants, no serious effort has been made to restore these essential services.
The senior BJP leader said that merely visiting hospital wards and claiming that everything is normal amounts to injustice with patients who are running from pillar to post for basic diagnostic facilities. He said a meaningful inspection should involve direct interaction with patients, accurate assessment of ground realities and immediate, time-bound directions for repair or replacement of faulty machinery. Unfortunately, he added, patient suffering continues to be ignored.
Raman Suri stressed that healthcare inspections by officials and ministers should not be an exercise in optics but must deliver tangible results on the ground. He demanded immediate installation of new CT scan and MRI machines in all affected hospitals and fixing of responsibility on officials for the prolonged delay. He said the people of Jammu deserve a functional, accountable and patient-centric healthcare system and warned that continued neglect of public health infrastructure will not be acceptable.
Raman Suri further demanded immediate installation of new CT scan and MRI machines, fixing deadlines for restoring all critical diagnostic services, and regular monitoring to ensure such negligence.